- summit of stob coire raineach
- dinner in coire altuim
- looking down glen coe aonach eagach ridge on the right, NW end of buachaille etive beag on the left
Warning
Please note that hillwalking when there is snow lying requires an ice-axe, crampons and the knowledge, experience and skill to use them correctly. Summer routes may not be viable or appropriate in winter. See winter information on our skills and safety pages for more information.
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buachaille etive beag
buachaille etive beag
by d gwynn » Wed May 01, 2013 10:51 am
Munros included on this walk: Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag), Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag)
Date walked: 13/04/2013
Time taken: 8 hours
Distance: 23 km
Ascent: 1350m
Register or Login free to be able to rate and comment on reports (as well as access 1:25000 mapping).started out at 0700 hrs in a taxi to get me to the start point, in my rucksack for the first time were crampons and ice ax the weather was still but a layer of cloud was at approx 2500 ft covering the tops!
The walk up mam buidhe to the col on etive beag is not to much of a slog and the veiws over to the mamores and the grey corries get better as you get higher.At the col I turned left and went up stob coire raineach this is quite a rock strewn top and there was litlle snow on the route up to the top
The wind had got up a little now, as promised, so no hanging about and off to bag stob dubh stopping to get this pic on route of the col and the northern end of the stob dubh ridge
Once on the upward slope it was time to don the crampons and break out the ice ax the snow was wet and the avalanche forcast for that day was not a good one, so for a time on this slope I was well out of my comfort zone worring about man triggered avalanche but on getting to the ridge top all was well and the cramponed walk to the summit along the ridge and back was a real joy.
I then managed to glissade down the south east side of etive beag to go and do etive mor but half way up and after a spot of lunch the snow in coire altruim was very wet and hard going and with the threat of high winds later in the day andi thought prudance was best option so i left it for another day, it took the shine off the walk but at least i am still here and not under a load of snow!!!!
From here it was just a slog back to the SYHA all the way down the a82 following the old road at times the veiws are great but the mad buggers in cars ect think they are at a grand prix!
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Re: buachaille etive beag
by dooterbang » Wed May 01, 2013 2:10 pm
You must have felt fear and excitement about using the ice axe and crampons.
Glad you enjoyed the experience though and a good call to leave etive mor for another day.
CMD and Nevis is a great route for winter
Glad you enjoyed the experience though and a good call to leave etive mor for another day.
CMD and Nevis is a great route for winter
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